
Odfjell Drilling, a 52-year-old offshore drilling player, has confirmed the wrap-up of a special period survey (SPS) for another semi-submersible rig that was on the agenda this year.

ConocoPhillips has revealed three possible drilling locations for its two-well gas exploration campaign in the Otway Basin off the coast of Australia.

Equinor has secured a drilling permit for an exploration well in the Barents Sea, which will be drilled next month with COSL Drilling Europe’s semi-submersible rig.

The AIM-listed oil and gas company Tower Resources has sent a letter of award to Advanced Energy Systems (ADES), part of Saudi Arabia-headquartered ADES Holding, for a rig contract in Cameroon, Central Africa.

Noble Corporation has booked a yard stay at Green Yard Feda, located close by Flekkefjord in southern Norway, for a semi-submersible, said to be one of the world’s largest and most advanced harsh-environment drilling rigs.

TotalEnergies has picked a drillship owned by Noble Corporation, a U.S.-based offshore drilling player, for a drilling campaign off the coast of Papua New Guinea in the southwestern Pacific.

Transocean has landed a new contract extension for one of its semi-submersible rigs, which is working off the coast of Norway.

ADES has expanded its footprint in West Africa by securing a new drilling assignment for one of its jack-up rigs, which enables it to add a 13th country to its list of operational areas.

MR Group’s ModuSpec, a rig intake and inspection specialist, has lined up a multi-staged support assignment during the intake process of a sixth-generation deepwater drillship in the Black Sea.

ADNOC Drilling has expanded its workload with ADNOC Offshore, a compatriot oil and gas heavyweight, by securing another multi-year drilling campaign in the Middle East, which will be undertaken by two of its jack-up rigs.

Eni Ghana, a subsidiary of Italy’s energy giant Eni, has kicked off drilling activities off the coast of Ghana with a seventh-generation drillship, which previously worked for the Italian player in Côte d’Ivoire, Africa.

Noble Corporation has landed a new multi-well drilling assignment in the North Sea with BP, the UK-headquartered energy giant.

ConocoPhillips has wrapped up seabed surveys over potential drilling locations to support its gas exploration activities in the Otway Basin off the coast of Australia.

Norwegian oil and gas player Aker BP has secured the all-clear from the country’s authorities to use one of Odfjell Drilling’s semi-submersible rigs for drilling operations in the North Sea off the coast of Norway.